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2012 Emmys: What We Loved!

September 24, 2012

Television’s biggest night did not disappoint.  It was full of laughs and surprises and lived up to the quality of all the amazing shows they were honoring.  Here are some of our all-time favorite moments: image courtesy ABC News The Pre-Taped Segments: From the introduction that included Jimmy Kimmel as an unfortunate Botox survivor who [...]

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Why the Pressure to “Bounce Back” after Baby?

August 23, 2012

I will preface this by saying that I am 33 years old and I have had subscriptions to People and US Weekly, a.k.a. my “picture pages” (as my husband calls them), for longer is probably healthy to admit. I love my celebrity gossip – even though they are decidedly not “like us.” When I read [...]

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Olympic Gymnastics: Inspiration of a Generation?

July 27, 2012

I was one of the thousands of young girls riveted to my parents’ television set as Mary Lou Retton vaulted into the record books.  Not much later, I was precariously tip toeing across a balance beam myself, determined to be the next gymnast on a Wheaties box.  Spoiler alert: that did not happen.  I did, [...]

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Michelle Duggar and Miscarriages

December 12, 2011
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Recently, the Curvy Girl Guide featured a post about whether 20 children will be enough for Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, the parents that head up the family on 19 Kids and Counting.  We will not know that answer as soon as we thought, since Michelle and Jim Bob sadly suffered a second trimester miscarriage.  [...]

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